I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

Her behavior just now perfectly matched the "go to Renwang if you need anything" mentality that Qingdeng described!

"Once you pray to God, your hands will clasp together... How can you hold a sword with clasped hands?"

"Besides, I am not a god, and there are many things I cannot do."

"If this continues, the team members will become more and more undisciplined, which will not be conducive to the cultivation of talent."

So, let's wait a little longer.

Qing Deng put his hands behind his back and made the announcement in a calm tone.

"Let the soldiers fight a little longer and let them conquer this fortified city on their own."

"Of course, I won't stand idly by."

"If they really can't do it, I'll help them out—but then I'll be very disappointed."

After hearing this, Elodie pursed her lips, silently withdrew her gaze from Qingdeng, and said no more.

Qing Deng's reasons for avoiding war were very detailed and well-founded... She was left speechless by his rebuttal.

"...Then, Master, please let me go into battle!"

Elodie raised her gaze again, looking firmly at Qingdeng, and said solemnly, word by word.

"You're right, we really do rely on you too much."

Even I subconsciously prayed for your help.

"Although my presence on the front lines may not necessarily improve the situation, the presence of the 'Shinsengumi Chief' on the front lines will at least boost morale to some extent!"

"I am also a member of the Shinsengumi! I also have the duty to charge into battle!"

Having said that, she raised her left hand and pressed it against the scabbard of the sword at her waist. With her thumb raised, she pushed forward against the guard—and with a click, the snow-white blade sprang out more than an inch.

"I want to take concrete actions to redeem myself from this embarrassment!"

Upon hearing this, Qing Deng chuckled in disbelief.

“Elodie, the way you’re speaking is starting to sound more and more like Zona’s serious and old-fashioned manner.”

"Huh? Ah, ah... this is probably because I've been spending a lot of time with Ms. Sanako lately."

Qingdeng raised his large hand and patted Elodie's forehead.

"Don't blame yourself, I didn't mean to blame you."

“It is my responsibility as the leader not to have noticed the shortcomings of my followers in time.”

"Even if you were sent into battle, it would be difficult to fundamentally change the course of the war."

"Besides... it seems there's no need for you to participate right now."

As Qingdeng spoke, he squinted, staring intently at something. To see more clearly, he even took out his binoculars.

Seeing this, Elodie quickly set up her telescope and looked in the same direction as Qingdeng.

Suddenly, beneath the fortified city, a lithe figure clad in a light blue feather robe darted out, leaped onto the long ladder, and then ascended it with incredible speed.

He was neither Shinpachi Nagakura nor Heisuke Todo, but a complete stranger to Elodie.

Who is he?

Just as Elodie was pondering this, she suddenly heard Qingdeng beside her make a surprised sound—as if she had met an old friend in a foreign land.

Elodie quickly asked:

"Master, do you know this person?"

Qingdeng slowly lowered the binoculars in his hand, and said softly with a strange expression:

"I guess you could say we know each other... but it was only once."

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Chapter 1076 Ogata's Well-Intentioned Advice [5400]

"Captain! Are you alright?"

Noboru Nakajima (second division vice-captain) dragged Shinpachi Nagakura to safety.

"Thank goodness... my bones aren't broken..."

As the possessor of the innate "steel bones," Shinpachi Nagakura's defensive capabilities are far beyond those of ordinary people.

After resting for a while, he gradually recovered.

"Nakajima! What are you doing here?"

Nakajima Noboru gave a wry smile:

"Captain, just like you, I was halfway up the wall when a rock fell on me. But I'm not as good as you, I couldn't dodge it, and the rock hit my left shoulder directly."

Nagakura Shinpachi was taken aback, then reached out and pulled open Nakajima Noboru's shirt—he saw that the latter's left shoulder was swollen and red, and looked painful.

"Your shoulder is injured! Get to the back!"

Nakajima Noboru shook his head:

"My bones are fine, it's just a minor injury. I can still wield the knife; I still have my right hand. Captain, don't worry about my injury for now. What should we do? We can't get through! The morale of the troops is already starting to drop!"

Nagakura Shinpachi lowered his head and scanned his surroundings.

Painful faces, bewildered faces, terrified faces... a series of faces filled with dark colors leaped into his eyes.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Nagakura Shinpachi gritted his teeth:

"Bring me a shield! I want to climb the walls again!"

Before he could finish speaking, he strode forward impatiently, heading once again toward the impregnable fortress.

Just then, a cry of surprise caught Nagakura Shinpachi's attention.

"Hey! Kid! Are you out of your mind?!"

Nagakura Shinpachi instinctively looked in the direction of the sound—a young samurai wearing a light blue haori pushed past his teammates and rushed toward the nearest ladder.

He leaped high like a swallow and landed steadily on the long ladder.

Immediately after his swift flight, he transformed into agile gecko—in the blink of an eye, he had already climbed several steps!

To make such a conspicuous entrance, and to climb so high and so fast... it was as if he were shouting at all the soldiers guarding the city wall through a megaphone: "Can you see me? Come and focus fire on me!"

Naturally, he became the target of public criticism.

In the blink of an eye, a barrage of arrows and bullets flew from his left and right wings, while countless stones rained down on his head, along with a handful of fresh, just-boiled broth.

Even Nagakura Shinpachi, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

At that moment, everyone inside and outside the wall thought he was doomed and would surely follow in the footsteps of the previous "challengers," either falling back to the ground or dying instantly.

However, the next moment, something unexpected happened.

At this critical moment, he suddenly leaped to the upper right!

In the instant of his leap, he dodged the incoming rocks, molten gold, arrows, and bullets.

At that same instant, he gently extended his left arm, his five fingers forming a claw, and as his body leaped to its highest point, he gripped the gap between the stone bricks in the city wall with his left hand!

So he was hanging on the city wall! He looked just like a gecko!

The width of those brick joints is probably less than a centimeter.

With just a few fingers and a point of leverage that can't even fit a finger, it successfully supported the weight of its entire body... This is something that ordinary people can't do!

When he leaped up to avoid the enemy's attack, he got even closer to the top of the wall.

He was now only 2 meters away from the top of the wall.

In no more than two seconds, the enemy's next wave of attacks will arrive.

What can be done in 2 seconds?

A: Enough to get him onto the city wall!

He clenched his left hand, gathering strength, and then slammed his feet against the wall, unleashing a powerful burst of energy from his body! His entire body seemed to be filled with springs, propelling him high into the air!

He not only turned this crack in the brickwork into a point of leverage to stabilize his body, but also used it as a point of power for his jumps!

In that instant, everyone's eyes, both inside and outside the wall, were focused on him.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he transformed from a "gecko" back into a "swallow" spreading its wings, soaring high, vaulting over the wall, and then landing steadily on the top of the wall, among the enemy soldiers, in a parabolic arc!

He leaped over the final two meters to the top of the wall!

He successfully summited the impregnable wall that had prevented countless soldiers from advancing an inch! He became the first to scale the wall in this battle!

Not only were the enemy troops on the city walls dumbfounded, but even their own soldiers below the walls were speechless with astonishment.

A variety of questions arose in their minds.

He easily scaled the fortified city that countless warriors had failed to conquer despite their efforts.

Who is this person? What's his background?

Such skill is comparable to that of the captains who symbolize the "battle of the Shinsengumi," right?

Although both sides were taken aback, the tense atmosphere of the battlefield quickly brought them back to reality.

Nagakura Shinpachi shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Don't just stand there! Quick! Go and provide support!"

After shouting, Nagakura Shinpachi snatched a wooden shield, grabbed a sword in one hand and the shield in the other, and sprinted towards the nearest ladder.

Nagakura Shinpachi's loud shout brought the soldiers back to their senses.

In a matter of seconds, accompanied by deafening cheers and roars, the soldiers charged toward the city wall with a surge of momentum!